Hypericum plant named ‘Alllangano’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of  Hypericum  plant named ‘Alllangano’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit and high fruit density; and glossy red purple-colored fruits.

Botanical designation: Hypericum hybrida.

Cultivar denomination: ‘ALLLANGANO’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hypericum plant, botanically known as Hypericum hybrida, typically grown as a cut-flower and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Alllangano’.

The new Hypericum plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Cuijk, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program is to create new Hypericum plants with strong stems and numerous attractive fruits.

The new Hypericum plant originated from an open-pollination in September, 2009 in Cuijk, The Netherlands of a proprietary selection of Hypericum hybrida identified as code number KZ05-54-3, not patented, as the female, or seed parent with an unknown selection of Hypericum hybrida as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Hypericum plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated open-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in Cuijk, The Netherlands in September, 2010.

Asexual reproduction of the new Hypericum plant by vegetative cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Cuijk, The Netherlands since April, 2012 has shown that the unique features of this new Hypericum plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Hypericum have not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Alllangano’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Alllangano’ as a new and distinct Hypericum plant:

-   -   1. Upright and outwardly spreading plant habit.     -   2. Moderately vigorous growth habit.     -   3. Dark green-colored leaves.     -   4. Freely flowering habit and high fruit density.     -   5. Glossy red purple-colored fruits.

Plants of the new Hypericum differ primarily from plants of the female parent selection in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Leaves of plants of the new Hypericum curl upwards whereas         leaves of plants of the female parent selection curled strongly         downwards.     -   2. Plants of the new Hypericum and the female parent selection         differ in fruit shape as plants of the female parent selection         have oval-shaped fruits.

Plants of the new Hypericum can be compared to plants of the Hypericum hybrida ‘Allrio’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons, conducted in Cuijk, The Netherlands, plants of the new Hypericum differed primarily from plants of ‘Allrio’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Hypericum had larger fruits than plants of         ‘Allrio’.     -   2. Plants of the new Hypericum and ‘Allrio’ differed in fruit         color as plants of ‘Allrio’ had red-colored fruits.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH

The accompanying colored photograph illustrates the overall appearance of the new Hypericum plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photograph may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the actual colors of the new Hypericum plant.

The photograph comprises a side perspective view of a typical fruiting stem of ‘Alllangano’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

Plants used for the aforementioned photographs and following description were grown in September in an outdoor nursery in Timau, Kenya and under cultural practices typical of commercial cut-flower Hypericum production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 15° C. to 25° C. and night temperatures ranged from 5° C. to 15° C. Plants were one year old when the photograph and description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2007 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Hypericum hybrida ‘Alllangano’. -   Parentage:     -   -   Female, or seed, parent.—Proprietary selection of Hypericum             hybrida identified as code number KZ05-54-3, not patented.         -   Male, or pollen, parent.—Unknown selection of Hypericum             hybrida, not patented. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type cutting.—Vegetative cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About 10 to 14 days at             temperatures about 12° C. to 30° C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About 14 to 20 days at             temperatures about 12° C. to 22° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About 24 to 32             days at temperatures ranging from 12° C. to 30° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About 28 to 36             days at temperatures ranging from 12° C. to 22° C.         -   Root description.—Fine, fleshy; white in color.         -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching; dense. -   Plant description:     -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Perennial shrub; upright and             outwardly spreading plant habit, narrow inverted triangle;             moderately vigorous growth habit.         -   Branching habit.—Moderately freely basal branching habit;             pinching enhances lateral branch development.         -   Plant height.—About 63.3 cm.         -   Plant width (spread).—About 40.5 cm.         -   Lateral branch description.—Length: About 64.5 cm. Diameter:             About 4 mm. Internode length: About 5.7 cm. Strength:             Moderately strong to strong. Texture: Smooth, glabrous.             Luster: Moderately glossy. Color, developing: Close to 145A             moderately tinged with close to 182C to 182D. Color, fully             developed: Close to N199C to N199D. -   Leaf description:     -   -   Arrangement.—Opposite, simple; sessile.         -   Length.—About 7 cm.         -   Width.—About 4.7 cm.         -   Shape.—Ovate.         -   Apex.—Retuse.         -   Base.—Truncate to shallowly cordate.         -   Margin.—Entire.         -   Texture, upper and lower surfaces.—Smooth to slightly             rugose; glabrous.         -   Luster, upper and lower surfaces.—Slightly glossy.         -   Venation pattern.—Pinnate.         -   Color.—Developing leaves, upper surface: Close 137A.             Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 138B. Fully             expanded leaves, upper surface: Darker than between 147A and             N189A; venation, close to 144B. Fully expanded leaves, lower             surface: Close to between 138B and 147B; venation, close to             144B. -   Flower description:     -   -   Flower type, arrangement and flowering habit.—Single rotate             flowers arranged in terminal and axillary compound cymes;             freely flowering habit with about 16 flowers per cyme;             flowers face mostly upright.         -   Fragrance.—None detected.         -   Natural flowering season.—Plants flower continuously from             mid-June to mid-August in Kenya; plants begin flowering             about ten months after planting.         -   Flower longevity.—Flowers last about two or three days on             the plant; flowers not persistent.         -   Fruit longevity.—About one month on the plant.         -   Flower buds.—Length: About 8 mm. Diameter: About 7 mm.             Shape: Globular. Color: Close to 12B to 12C; towards the             apex, close to 30D.         -   Inflorescence height.—About 8.4 cm.         -   Inflorescence diameter.—About 8.2 cm.         -   Flower diameter.—About 2.5 cm.         -   Flower depth (height).—About 1.8 cm.         -   Petals.—Quantity and arrangement: Five in a single whorl.             Length: About 1.2 cm. Width: About 8 mm. Shape: Ovate;             concave; very slightly reflexed. Apex: Bluntly acute. Base:             Attenuate. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower             surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Luster, upper surface: Matte.             Luster, lower surface: Slightly glossy. Color: When opening             and fully opened, upper surface: Close to 12A; color             becoming closer to 14B with development. When opening and             fully opened, lower surface: Close to 13B.         -   Sepals.—Quantity and arrangement: Five in a single whorl.             Length: About 1 cm. Width: About 8 mm. Shape: Broadly ovate.             Apex: Broadly acute to obtuse. Base: Broadly cuneate.             Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth,             glabrous. Luster, upper and lower surfaces: Dull, matte.             Color: When opening, upper surface: Close to 143A. When             opening, lower surface: Close to 143B tinged with close to             180C. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to between 141A and             143A. Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 138B.         -   Peduncles.—Length: About 3.4 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm.             Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Strength: Moderately strong.             Aspect: Erect to about 40° from vertical. Color: Close to             144B to 144C.         -   Pedicels.—Length: About 1.3 cm. Diameter: About 1.5 mm.             Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Strength: Moderately strong.             Aspect: Erect to about 45° from vertical. Color: Close to             144B.         -   Reproductive organs.—Stamens: Quantity per flower: About 80.             Filament length: About 1.3 mm. Filament color: Close to 12A.             Anther length: About 0.5 mm. Anther shape: Broadly oval.             Anther color: Close to 22A. Pollen amount: Scarce. Pollen             color: Close to 11A. Pistils: Quantity per flower: Single             pistil with three stigmas. Pistil length: About 4 mm. Stigma             shape: Club-shaped. Stigma color: Close to 35A. Style             length: About 3.5 mm. Style color: Close to 150C. Ovary             color: Close to 150D.         -   Fruits.—Length: About 1.6 cm. Diameter: About 1.6 cm. Shape:             Spherical. Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Luster: Glossy. Color:             Slightly darker than between 60A and 185A; towards the base,             close to 145D.         -   Seeds.—Length: About 0.9 mm. Diameter: About 0.5 mm. Color:             Close to 200A. -   Disease & pest resistance: Plants of the new Hypericum have not been     observed to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to Hypericum     plants. -   Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Hypericum have been     observed to tolerate high temperatures about 30° C. and to be hardy     to USDA Hardiness Zone 7. 

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Hypericum plant named ‘Alllangano’ as illustrated and described. 